Garment pocket



p 1935- L. M. GEPHARDT 2,013,847

GARMENT POCKET Filed May 5, 1954 DZMQ fiINVENTOR-A/Q ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 10, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT POCKET Laura M. Gephardt, Davenport, Iowa Application May 5, 1934, Serial No. 724,023

7 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in garment pockets and pocket fastenings.

The objects of my invention are to provide a pocket having a metallic slide fastening with means to cover the fastening so as to secure it against accidental opening and with additional means to assist in securing the slide fastening in its closed or locked position.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,-

Figure l is a front elevation of my device when applied to a horizontal pocket, but with a portion of the cover strip broken away;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of a modified form of my device;

Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a front elevation of a modified'form in which the cover member is secured to the handle of the slide fastening.

Similar numerals referto similar parts throughout the several views.

l represents the garment which has a slit which may be either vertical, horizontal or oblique, cut therein, and a'reinforcing strip, 3, stitched thereon. The reinforcing strip is slit lengthwise and to the edges of the slit I attach the interlocking members, 4, of the slide fastening.

This slide fastening may be of any of the common interlocking types such as that known as the zipper or others. These slide fastenings commonly all have a head, 5, which operates to unite the interlocking members and the head, 5, usually has a handle, 6, attached thereto which may also act as a look when turned in a given direction relative to the head, 5, such as that shown in Figure 4.

la is the pocket member which may be either inside or outside of. the garment as desired and stitched to the garment in any desired manner.

At one end of the slide fastening I attach a cover member, 8, which may be made of tape or any other suitable material, by stitching it to the garment as shown in Figure 1. The opposite end of the tape is provided with one member of a snap fastening, ID, the other member of which'is sewed to the garment a short distance beyond the end of the slide fastening.

In an alternate form of my device, in tead of stitching the cover member, 8, to the garment at the end of the slide fastening as shown in Figure 1, I stitch the cover member, 8a, to the garment by stitching, ll, extending parallel with the slide fastening and I secure the cover member in its closed position by a plurality of snap fastenings, in, one member of each fastening being attached to the cover member and the other member being stitched to the garment.

In the form of my device shown in Figure 4, I attach the cover member, 81), by stitching at one end of the slide fastening as in Figure 1'. The op- 5 posite end is provided with snap fastening, In, as in Figure 1, but near the fastening, I0, I attach the cover member to the handle, 6, of the slide fastening by stitching, i2, or other suitable means.

In Figure 1 the fastening is shown in closed 10 and locked position; When in this position, additional assurance against opening may be provided by the strip, 1, which is a strip of fabric having one end stitched at one (side of the cover strip, 3, extending thence transversely across strip and having its opposite end secured to the garment by a snap fastening, 9, one member of which is stitched to the strip, 1, and the other member of which is stitched to the garment in the usual manner.

In Figure 2 I have shown the slide fastening in its closed position but not locked and in Figure 4 I have shown the slide fastening in its closed and locked position. "It is obvious that when the slide fastening is closed, and the handle, 6, turned to 25 its locked position-that is, lying flat upon the head, 5, one effect of the cover strip, 8, 8a and 8b, will be to retain the handle, 6, in its locked position and prevent movement of the head, 5, which might open the slide accidentally. 30

It is obvious. also, that the cover strip when closed will prevent accidental contact with the handle, 6, and head, 5, of anything which might accidentally open the slide.

In the form shown in Figure 4, the cover strip, when fastened by the fastener, I0, would lie fiat upon the slide and retain the handle, 6, in locked position. but when the fastening, i0, is unsnapped and the handle, 6, is grasped to open the fastening,

the cover strip, 8b, will move with the handle, 6, 40

and thus clear the opening so as not to be in the way of the fingers of the wearer when reaching into the pocket and that as the head, 5, is brought to its closed position, the handle, 6, will carry the cover strip, 8b, in a convenient position for fastening the snap, l0.

I do not limit my claims to the precise forms illustrated in the drawing.

I claim:

1. A garment pocket comprising a portion of the garment, a pocket member stitchedv or otherwise suitably secured thereto, a slit opening into the pocket, a slide fastening having its respective interlocking members attached to the respective sides of the slit, a cover member united the cover 15 member to the garment, said cover member being suitably united to the movable member of the slide fastening and adapted to secure it in closed position.

2. A garment pocket comprising a portion of the garment, a pocket member stitched or otherwise suitably secured thereto, a. slit opening into the pocket, a slide fastening having its respective interlocking members attached to the respective sides of the slit, a cover member united to the garment at one end of the slit extending lengthwise of the slit adapted to cover the slidelfastening when in closed position, a snap fastening having one member united to the garment and its other united to the free end of the cover member adapted to secure the cover member in position to cover the slide fastening, said cover member being suitably united to the movable member of the slide fastening and adapted to secure it in closed position.

3. A garment pocket comprising a portion of the garment, a pocket member stitched or otherwise suitably secured thereto, a slit opening into the pocket, a slide fastening having its respective interlocking members attached to the respective sides of the slit, a cover member united to the garment at one end of the slit extending lengthwise of the slit adapted to cover the slide fastening when in closed position, means for readily attaching the opposite end of the cover member to the garment and an auxiliary fastening comprising a'narrow transverse band of fabric having one end stitched to the garment at one side of the movable member of the fastening when in closed position extending thence over said movable member and the cover member and having its free end detachably united to the garment opposite the stitched end.

4. A garment pocket comprising a portion of the garment, a pocket member stitched or otherwise suitably secured thereto, a slit opening into the pocket, a. slide fastening having its respective interlocking members attached to the respective sides of the slit, a cover member united to the garment at one end of the slit extending lengthwise of the slit adapted to .cover the slide fastening when in closed position, means for readily attaching the opposite end of the cover member to the garment,'said cover member being suitably united to the movable member of the slide fastening and adapted to secure it in closed position, and an auxiliary fastening comprising a. narrow transverse band of fabric having one end stitched to the garment at one side of the movable member of the fastening when in closed position extending thence over said movable member and the cover member and having one edge stitched to united to the garment the cover member adapted to secure the cover member in position to cover the slide fastening,

and an auxiliary fastening comprising a narrow transverse band of fabric having one end stitched to the garment at one side of the movable member of the fastening when in tending thence over said movable member and the cover member and having its free end detachably united to the garment opposite the stitched end.

fastening having its respective interlocking members attached to the respective sides of the slit, a cover member having the garment adjacent the slit extending lengthwise of the slit and adapted to cover the slide fastening when in closed position, and an auxiliary fastening comprising a narrow transverse band of fabric having one end stitched to the garment at one side of the movable member. of the fastening when in closed position extending thence over said movable member and the cover member and having its free end detachably united to the garment opposite the stitched end.

slide fastening, and an auxiliary fastening comprising a narrow transverse band of fabric having one end stitched to the garment at one side of the movable member of the fastening when in closed position able member and the cover member and having its free end detachably united to the garment opposite the stitched end.

LAURA M. GEPHARDT.

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